As a Rome-based journalist, I regularly take Italy's high-speed trains, but when I had the chance to board the new La Dolce Vita Orient Express for its inaugural journey from Rome to Montalcino, I ...

Italy’s first luxury sleeper train revives the world-famous carriages to bring 1960s glam, Michelin-star meals and off-track ...

Once famed for carrying wealthy passengers across Europe in opulent train carriages, the Orient Express brand has resurfaced ...

The Orient Express started in 1883 ... a 12-carriage train that will transport 62 guests around Italy on one- and two-night journeys. The train is the first of six (with eight iconic itineraries ...

Is there a station exit in the world that can match the coup de théâtre of leaving Venice Santa Luca, with the Grand Canal ...

The Orient Express is entering the hotel game ... Overlooking it all is a 1854 marble statue (by Italian sculptor Rinaldo Rinaldi) of the property’s namesake, the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva.

There's something undeniably romantic about rail travel, and the best luxury sleeper trains in the world 2025 capture this mood.

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La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the first Italian-made luxury train, rolled out of Roma Ostiense Station on April 4, 2025, on an inaugural journey that took passengers on a two-day "Tastes of Tuscan ...